Re: installing on a K6 500 problems...help!

From: Jan Stedehouder (j.stedehouder_at_nowhere.nl)
Date: 02/02/04


Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:17:51 +0100


"gil" <gilpi@NOSPAMmindspring.com> schreef in bericht
news:ZbVSb.4521$jH6.3285@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Trying to install different versions of Linux...older 2.2 Caldera goes
thru
> the whole install process to finish, when I reboot the screen gets full of
> zeros and ones! The same with Mandrake 6.1.
> With the Fedora version of Red Hat, at the end it tells me the machine is
> not compatable to run Linux!
> Im using a K6 500, 196000 ram with a 10 gb hdd.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks....Gil
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I have just installed Fedora (K12-LTSP version) on a K6-300, 64Mb, 20 Gb
without any problems. An eval copy of RH9 gave the same incompatibility
message. Maybe a switch to LTSP wil help.

Jan

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